The Uses of Example in Moral Education |
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Authors: | Lars Løvlie |
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Institution: | Institute for Educational Research, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1092, N-0317 Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | This article raises the problem of how to bridge the gap between moral thinking and moral life. As mediating terms between the two realms it picks out rules, skills and examples. After an introductory critique of rationalism and contextualism in ethics, the article makes a case for the uses of example in moral education in a wide sense, suggesting a poetics of ethics. |
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